Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Template-linking templates

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced

Text style ↓	{{tlg}} options to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
{{tlg}} options to achieve link style	—	DEFAULT	nolink=yes	subst=yes	nolink=yes|subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}} {{tl}} {{tlp|1|2|...}} {{Template:tlu}}	{{tlf}} <template link>	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tls Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tlsu	{{tlsf}} <template link>	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tn	{{tla}}
code	code=yes	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tlxu	{{tlc}} <template link> {{tnull}}<template link>	{{subst:tlxs}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tlsc <template link>	—
monospace	plaincode=yes	—		Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tltss	—
kbd	kbd=yes
bold	bold=yes	{{tlb}}	—
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tlxb
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tlxi

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	{{hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tln	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Elc Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Elc	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Sclx	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	<ref>...</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Dtl	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if}} {{#ifTa‌̱mpi‌̱let:Colon{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{magic word|uc:}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Magic word	Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Lts
{{t links|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:T links
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tfd links
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tetl
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tsetl
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk⧼dot-separator⧽links⧼dot-separator⧽edit)
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tic
{{tim|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tim
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tiw
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Tlt
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Ttl
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:Twlh

Template documentation

Usage

Use this {{Template-linking templates}} on /doc pages for related templates.

Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this template.